Earth Day EXTRA: Microplastics & Special Guest Callie Broaddus ♻️

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🗓️ 24 April 2021

⏱️ 13 minutes

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🌍 As Earth week winds down, we recognize there’s always more we can do to help out our planet, which is why we're brining you even more Earth Day coverage! ♻️ We hear from our favorite Nature Nerd Laine Farber, as she explains the big impact of tiny microplastics on the environment. 🧒 Then, we're featuring even more from our interview with Callie Broaddus, the founder of Reserva, The Youth Land Trust, whose mission is to empower young people to protect threatened species and habitats through conservation, education, and storytelling🦎 Plus! The Trivia Question of the Day! 💯 Check out how to make your own t-shirt bag at the Nat Geo Kids Website 📝 Sign up for The Ten News-letter! 📸 Join us on Instagram ✍️ Visit our website for a list of sources used for this episode and a full episode transcript Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	10.9. 8.7. 6. 5. 4. 3.2. 1.
0:07.0	I'm Bethany Van Delft, and this is no ordinary episode of the 10 News. This is The 10 News Gets Extra, featuring extra content from our Earth Day coverage.
0:29.8	Even though the celebration of Earth Week is coming to an end,
0:32.8	there's always more we can do to help our planet.
0:34.4	Let's dive in.
0:38.0	Have you heard about microplastics?
0:44.8	Our favorite nature nerd, Lane Farber, explains the big impact of these tiny troublemakers.
0:50.1	Plastic, plastic everywhere.
0:57.0	From the deepest depths of the ocean to the peak of Mount Everest, there's no doubt about it. Microplastics are littering our landscape.
1:00.0	Plastic is part of most people's daily lives.
1:02.0	It's in so many things.
1:04.0	In grocery bags, straws, coffee cups, water bottles, glitter, and even clothes.
1:17.0	Plastic is so common that little pieces of it are showing up in the most remote places on earth.
1:23.0	A recent study conducted on Mount Everest found that the snow samples contained micropastics.
1:28.1	A microplastic is any tiny plastic particle 5mm or smaller.
1:31.7	That's about the size of an eraser on the end of a pencil.
1:37.5	Most microplastics are formed when larger plastic products begin to break down,
1:43.0	due to things like the sun's UV rays or friction from rubbing against different surfaces.
1:45.7	Some plastics start out their journey tiny.
1:50.8	They don't need to break down into microplastics because they're manufactured that way,
1:55.6	like the different types of microbeads used in cosmetics to exfoliate skin.
2:00.3	No matter how they form, microplastics are a big problem. Microplastics can get stuck in the gills of marine
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